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Press and daily Dakotaian. (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1880-1889, 1887-03-26
Daily gress ana Dakptaian
THE NEWS EPIToMIzED.

Sioux Falls had o snow storm Of
several hours duration yesterday.
Dr.. A.. Gueron, collector Of customs.
arrived in st. Vincent Thursday night,
having his commission in his pocket.
jackson Marion. the murderer Of John
Cameron, was hanged at Beatrice, Ne.
braska, yesterday forenoon at lI:2O
O'Clock.
A difficulty between different branches
OF labor employed in handling cotton
and involving 10000 men had the effect
Of p~araIyzing al work in the cotton
trade at New Orleans Thursday.
Seven coaches loaded with spectators
arrived ct Ashland, Wisconsin, yesterday
morning on tho Wisconsin Central.
Fully 1000 men are rushing around tho
streets, providing the Offices, hotels and
boarding houses.
At 8 O'Clock yesterday afternoon Mayor
Harrison Was to attend q special called
meeting OF the democratic campaign
committee OF Chicago and ii WAS stated
positively that he would withdraw his
name from the head Of the ticket.
The Rev. d.. Edward MoGlynn viii
lecture on the "cross of . new crusade
at the academy Of music in New York
next Tuesday evening. DR.. McGlynu
will review the struggle Of labor against
capital, and the rights Of tenant,
versus landlords.
Ex-Depd.y United States Marsha
William Bates. Of Whitley county
Tennessee, became involved in q diff.
Guilty with y man named Cheney, nea,
the Tennessee state line. Wednesday AMI
shot him through the heart, killing hin
instantly. Bates then fed to the mount
aims
The steamer Scotia is ashore neal Blu,
Point Station, Long Island, 15 miles cos
Of Fire Island. Fer masts are gone, bu
her pipe Is atill standing. She is wei
mp on the beach and up pears to be set
thing. A moderate gale from the north
west is blowing with . heavy sea run
ming. The Social as on board 900 pas
6eugerB.
Press and daily Dakotaian. (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1880-1889, 1887-03-26
Overdue Vessels.

New York, March A-The steamship
Sciota, which left Marsellles February
20. Naples %, and passed Gibraltar the
9th, for New York, is now about ten
days overdue. At Naples she took on
board the passengers. 1874 in number, OF
the steamship Burgundia, which collided
with the ironclad Italia and was beached
to prevent sinking. making her total
number OF passengers about 1000. APP
prehensions for her safety have been ex-
Cited. The steamship Dorian, OF the
Anchor line, from Mediterranean ports,
also passed Gibralter February ~, bnt
as she is q less powerful vessel che is not
SO long overdue.
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now Chinamen rreat Tramns.

San Francisco, March 24-The steamer
Belgic, arrived to-day from CHINA and
Japan, brought news Of q dreadful
tragedy at Hoia Shib Chen, China. twenty
miles northeast of Hongebow. Over 300
tramps appeared ut the village and
greatly irrltated the inhabitants. The
villagers i~nveighed the whole body into
the temple. and during the night SET fire
to it, Only forty occupants Of the build
ing escaped. The remainder were burned
to death.
Press and daily Dakotaian. (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1880-1889, 1887-03-26
DAKOTA COMBINATIONS.

Guelp ia the new Diekey county post
Office.
Highmore has organized q militia
company with ffty-eix members.
Bismarck sportsmen are arranging for
. big shooting tournament next month.
Grand jury al Bismarck indicted An
drew Carlson and n. @. Baker for muir
der.
The Sioux Falls boom continues un-
abated. A street car line is considered
q certainly.
Rey. B. y. Taylor and his praying
band, having redeemed Fargo. will now
descend ON Lamonre.
A. Stern who bought the Fargo opera
inonse block for $2s.0o0 last week, sold it
10 Chicago parties for $4,000.
August Kegel, . Grand Forks man,
was robbed Of $l,19o 1T Ohicago, March
Sd, by Q cab driver and tough women.
The Larimore lyceum still houriaheB
with crowded houses. Several OF the
participants are becoming proficient in
debate.
Judge Mcdonnell has issued an order
detaching Cavalier county from Pembi-
ma comfy, making il . separate judicial
a%nbdivision.
|. 8. Pratt, editor Of the Elktcn Re-
view. was arrested Thursday for malic-
ions libel, and held In $1,000 bonds to
appear at the next term of court.
In Fargo the estate market is showing
greater vitality than for years. Several
important transfers Of bus,ness property
have been made during the past ten
days.
Posth,asters appointed: A. Hubbard,
Theodore, Wslsworth county; John
Msias. BantrAm, Kingsbury county; new
postofHcs established at Trip, Hntchin-
son county.SJ. Williams postmaster.
In solid blue clay, twensy-six feet be-
low the surface. p. Lewis, residing near
Ashton, found Q lot Of wood, evidently
the branches ofsa tree. Tho discovery
was made while digging a we'll on his
farm.
In Bismarck candidates for mayor are
looming up on all sides but it is thought
the fight has now settled down between
w. A. Bentiy OF the frat regiment Dako,
t. militia, and John Hollenbeck, demo.
Slgs and lawyer.
The report which was circulated a
short time ago, to the effect that the
Queen Bee mill at Sioux Falls is to be
remodeled and it's capacity reduced one-
half and put upon s paying basis. seems
to have q. soiid foundation. A gentle
man whose word can be- relied upon
states such TO be the case, aud that the
mill will help grind tho result OF the
present seasen's harvest.
The prohibition aud enforcement
n~nlon:at Woonsocket has opened what
it is supposed will prove q series OF
prosecutions against saloonists. The
first case Is brought against Charles
Chute. the complaint being made BY
Rev, W. F. Moffet. of the United Presby-
terrain church. IT iH the beginning OF q
long and bitter fight sand considerable
excitement has already besn expressed.
L#a N-E o.
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looked upon by tho people along this
line as being numerous" said Mr.
Shepard, .and they cannot be overasti-
mated by those who wish to see Oolora-
da and her thrown open to
that territory, which is now only TO be
entered by q circuitious route by the
way OF Omaha."
Press and daily Dakotaian. (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1880-1889, 1887-03-26
WANTED,

Rayv EuTg I
At the highest market price. Send for Price
Current to the Ola Reliable Furricrs and Fur
MERCHANTS. Estxbiishsd 1865.
I'M A. G. BuRkHARDT & co.
lis WEeT FOURTH AND lis Am III BAKR1 81.
CINCINhATI, q.
Press and daily Dakotaian. (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1880-1889, 1887-03-26
Proposals for Military Supplies.
HEADQUARTERS DErARrNEsT OF DAKOTA,

HEADQUARTERS DEPARTMENT OF DAxora.
OFFICE CHIEF QUARTERNAsTER,
ST. PAUL, MIMI, MARCd 2STH. 1887.
SEALED PROP SAILS. in triplicate, subject
~ to the usual conditions. will be received st
this office or ut the Offices of the Quarternas-
ters at the following named posts. and at Bis.
marck, ID. T., and at Helena, Nj. T, until noon,
on the. 18th day of April, 1887. At which time
and places they will be opened in the presence
of bidders for furnishing and delivery of niil-
tsry supplies during the fiscal year commend.
ing July LIST 1887, AZ follows:
Wood, Coal, Hay, Straw, Corn, Oats,
: Bran and Charcoal,
or suoh of said supplies as may be required ut
st. Paul and Fort Smelling, MIMI, Forta Penn.
bina, Sirseton, Totem, Buford Abraham
Lincoln, Meade. YateH. Bennett. Randall. Suliy,
and Bismarck, d. T., Quarter masters Depot):
Forts keogh. Custer, Shaw, Missoula, Assinni-
boine. Maginnis, Camp Poplar River, and
Helena, III, T., Sioux City, Ia, and Camp Sheri-
Preference given to articles of domestic pro.
duction and manufacture, conditions of price
given to articles of American production and
manufacture produced ON the Pacinc coasts 10
the extent OF the o~onsumesion required by the
public servipe there.
The government reserves tho right to reject
any or all proposals.
Blank forms and full instructions a. to bid
ding, etc. may be had on application to this
otice OF TO the Q~uarternasters at the various
poats FAMED. JAMES A, MOORE.
Deputy q AItermaster General, US. a.
Chief Quartermaster,
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other Of territorial celebrity we're aiso
among the speakers. The audience was
large and the entertainment q fitting
close OF the successful and enjoyable en-
Namnmank
Press and daily Dakotaian. (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1880-1889, 1887-03-26
HOW MY BACK ACHES,

~ Back Ache, Kidney Pains and Weak
- Aness, Soreness. Lameaess. Straina and
relieved In one minute by the
%SCuLicura Antl-Pain Plastsr,-in-
7r fallible.
Press and daily Dakotaian. (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1880-1889, 1887-03-26
ONE OF THE WORST CASES.

We have been selling your CuTIuuRA RENE
DIES for years, and have the first complaint yet
to receive from a purchaser One of the worst
cases of Scrofula l ever saw was cured by the
nse of five bottles of CUTIoURA REsoLvENT,
CUTIoURA, and CUTICURA SOAR. The Soar
takes the cake here as q medicinal aoap.
TAYLOR b TAYLOR, Druggists,
les .-. ErnpEfor, K.p H
Press and daily Dakotaian. (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1880-1889, 1887-03-26

When Baby WAS sick, we gave her C~astoria,
Whom she was s Child, she cried for Castoria,
When she became Mics, she olung to Csstoris,
When she had Children, she gave them Castoria,
Press and daily Dakotaian. (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1880-1889, 1887-03-26
sCRoFULoUs. INHERIrED.

y. SCRUFULOUS, INHERITED.
And Contagious Humors, with Loss of Hair.
and Eruption of the Skin. are positively cured
by CUTIcuRA and CUTICuRA SOAP externally,
and QUIZ o KEsoLyENT internally, when ali
other medicines fail Send for Pamphlet.
CUTIOURA REMEDIES are sold everywhere.
Price; CuTIOURA, the Great Skin Cure, so cts. +:
CUTICuRA SOAP, an Exquisite Beautifer. Is cts. /;
C1TIouRA~ REsoLvEST, the New Blood Puriter,
$500. POTTER DRUG AND CBEMICAL Co, Boston,
DIM Piles. Blackheads, Skin Blemishes, and
II lIu Baby Humors, use CUTICURA SOAP.
Press and daily Dakotaian. (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1880-1889, 1887-03-26
Inflated Blood
Sorofulous, inherited and Conta.
gious Humors Cured
by Cuhcufa.

] received through Mr.. Frank 7. Wray, Drug
gist, Apollo, Pa, l became acquainted with
your CUTIoURA REMEDIES, and take this oppor-
permanently cured me of one Of the worsE cases
of blood poisoning. in connection with eryai-
pelas, that l have ever seen, and. this after
the best physicians in our county. / take great
pleasure in forwarding to you this Testimonial,
as it is by you, in order that Others
suffering from similar maladies may be
encouraged to give your CUTIoURA REMED1Es
a trial. 2. 8. WHITLINaER, Leechburg, Pa.
references: FRANK 4. WRAY,
Druggist, Apollo, Pa.
Press and daily Dakotaian. (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1880-1889, 1887-03-26

EOR .SALE-A solid tract of about 500 acres
= of land, ,sarne 4 miles north of Ysnkton
ty.. Also, lots 10. II and IL. of block 1. OF W.
and 3. addition to Yankton, being Just oppo-
site to Judge Tripp's residence. Also. lot 8,
block 8, L. Y. Write me at Montgomery, Ala.
y. b GkUBER,
Press and daily Dakotaian. (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1880-1889, 1887-03-26
ULCERS.

SCKOFULOUS
James E.. Richardson. Custom House. New
Orleans. on oath says: In 1870 Scrofuloua
Ulcers broke oat on my body until l was q mass
of corruption Everything known to the medi-
cal faculty was tried in vain. became q mere
wreck. Attimes could not lift my head, could
not, turn in bed; WAS in constant pain, and
ooked upon life rs a curse. Nc relief or cure
in ten years. In 1880 ! heard OF the CuTICuBA
cured"
Press and daily Dakotaian. (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1880-1889, 1887-03-26

MOB RENT-A two story frame dwell,nr
house, Situated on Cedar st -eet, between
Sth and 9th street. Apply to Fl. B. WYNN
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nor RENT-A nice cottage adjoining ~
own residence on Capital St. Enouire "
WALTER q, CABR
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OFFICE rooms to rent, as finely fnishea : :.
any in the city and centrally located: slso
q furnished room in residence part of the CITY
DUDLEY, kIOHEY Il GROs
Press and daily Dakotaian. (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1880-1889, 1887-03-26

= street near Third. north of the Mad;sun
house. For further information apply AT tSa
Oitv brewery. q. 4. ROSSTEUSCHER
Press and daily Dakotaian. (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1880-1889, 1887-03-26

FOR RkNT-On March 18th the two f,o,.
rooms over Cox, Odiorne and Co.'S. stosa
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For Rent.

HUN hERT-A house to rent opposite H.
= commercial, 8 rooms, 2 closets and c;st. se
MRS. A. b. RMiTEn
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For Sale.

FOR SALE-A frame dwelling. house with ,r
= rooms, number one cellar, situated on
Broad fgs y, North Yanktop; five minutes walk
from Northwestern depot: good barn. well and
cistern. Three lots surrounded with shade
trees, all fenced. Enquire of
G.. w. ROBERTS.
Press and daily Dakotaian. (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1880-1889, 1887-03-26

= recommendations, desires II.as-class
Gall opposite the Commercial hotel. Or a SaMSeas.
Press and daily Dakotaian. (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1880-1889, 1887-03-26

EO2 RENT-A seven room brick hon.o o.
I Douglas Avenue. with woodshed. cistern
and pnmp. Inquire of up. Redselli, jeweiar
Third street, opposite Excelsior Drug store.
Press and daily Dakotaian. (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1880-1889, 1887-03-26

FURNISHED rooms to rent, with or vithon.
board. Rooms very pleasantly SITUATED
Apply to Mrs. Sarah Kitsr, opposite o.. s land
Office, Douglas avenue. $50
Press and daily Dakotaian. (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1880-1889, 1887-03-26
SPECIAL NOTICES

WANIED-To trade 1850 acres of good n,.:
add,a aano tor house and lot in Yankton. pfa'fie
a eiusas Box II, Scotland. Dalo..
Press and daily Dakotaian. (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1880-1889, 1887-03-26

RoYWANTED--To work in carriage -
ming and upholstery business. IA trlm.
years " oid. 70 Learn trade if desirable. 70 ~
AZ ONCE F,H. CONRAD, Stone q Block AAp-
Yanktnn ~ m
Press and daily Dakotaian. (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1880-1889, 1887-03-26

REWARD OFFERED-An Afghan wa, 80
t L iron abn my o 'as in front Of the Cons aSssn
paid for Sj it, net ,nss e sna M a ,eward viii Be-
b :. BUCKWALTFR
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s1ocK QuorAIloNeCLosEp nln.


NV YORK, May l6 Flour rrceIp,s q 3Si nprt
nscs; exports 2iis barrels and S.S5s sack.: sales
ElMU barre s: market strong mil shade bIrSnr
Wheat, receipts 3O5 0lJ bushels: exnort, SssSsi
bushels; Ssirs 6ts To- bushels of fntuns ami
80 t93 bushels OF Spo,; spet Io,s kaLs his% %
Opttuts ouc,lrd firm, closing ttcndy. unvraJnj
sprpr pic: no. 2snrImc yti%c: unyr:deS rsI a5a
gsh,c; No. q rel yj1c; No fred 81 20: M. / whI,c
gIc extra rel sgc; 10 red May y5fag7l.c. closing
at. I6J.c Juno g6LRg7 Lie closing nj Sl,c. ImiS
9J5iHJ &c, clisins 1T Qs1.c; August 81 SlSsoStic
tstHg ut Hll6c Serteiaber pyIRypie, eifsiftr Al
9g1Hc; October 9iAn!4Ssc, closing NJ 9i1Sc Dccem.
Der T;la9b}s2, Closing nj 800; Nav 81 Ola
OtH, clbins al o. Torn. receipts 80 80 bush.
els; exports 1901 bushels: sales All, COZ bushels OF
futures and SstOO bushels OF spot; spot lots shade
easier and quiet option, quiet and steady; uugrsd.
ed ih94a'9t<a; tteahi"f axe: No. 2 May 4T5tatsc
closing nj iSc; June 4I1.aishc, closing ut Isic;
July i!ai9.,, closing n Iy]sc; August 4gsasOL.c,
clos Ing al bOAci September Sic. Oats receipts W.
OoO bushels; cSpors Ibis bushels; salcs 10000
bushels OF fuitts and 1900 bushels OF spot;
mnrEctsteldy; mixed western a,A36a: white do 37a
lie Hay h.iR moderate inquiry; shipping 58esSc,
Hops quiet md unchanged C0iee, Epot ialr; Rio
Dun and II minnl al lJic; options lower and fairly
nctiye hale' $4,000 bags: May III 95c; June i6 Goa
lCc; July lG SOel7 BOZ: August 10 05al7 SSc; Sen.
tcMbcr l7OlalI .i5c; October aud November Il,
al1%sc: pseember II ?5ai7.G,c: January and Febru:
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Sldit JOUrHnl,
Tho Cheat Mountain Fishing and Hunt.
ing Club are preparing the mont mngniti'
cant hunting grounds III tho world. One
Of the vice presidents paid tho other day
in an interviews:
"Tho property lien In Randolph county.
II Ia reached by going 10 Grafton, then to
philippi. Hero tho railroad 10 left. Tho
grade Is inRde 10 l!enlington, eleven mileH
HhOvo phi!lippi. From there wo drive TO
Ha,tonYille. Then niRs miles up tho
Cheat mountains from this town lies tho
plateau on which our game preserve 10 10.
Gated. 1t 10 five to oight miles widO and
near tho centre runs Shaior'p iork OF Cheat
river IL iown through valley 300 or 100
yards wide and for fifty lnilOs wo have full
control OF II. At tho lower end OF tho
fry niles 10 huge canyon, and II Ia i'm
possible TO onter this tract except by the
old ParkerHburg and Staunton pike. Men
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Half lemon takes grease spots OF a
table.
sosp-shakera, for making suds quickly,
are new idea.
In Buffalo, n. Y, natural gas ia iurn.
ished for housekeeping and other pur.
poses st twenty cent5 per thousand feet
net.
1t cost Paola, ksn., $50, 900 to find nat
ural gas aud put in shape to use. The
whole city is now lighted with 1t and fuel
supplied for $50 stoves, besidss many man
uiactoriea.
The chart Of the heavens which the in.
Fternationat astronomcrs are about 10 pre.
pSse wli become ont 6fnbour coo eheels.
With tGeAh q this char it viii be posi-.
bic to 'diGsnuae," 80 10 upeak, the 100 OOO,.
goo stars which are said 10 exist in tho
armament.
An English expesimenter find that, con.
trary TO general opinion, a growth OF ivy
over house renders the interior entirely
free from moisture; the ivy extracts every
possible particle OF moisture from wood,
brick or stone for its own sustenauce by
means OF the tiny roots. which work their
way into even the hardest stone.
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design for Modern:Iiome.

sizs Of structure: Front 20 It. Side, not includ.
plans. Height Of stories: Cellar, t., tn.; frs,
story, 8 1t second story, s IT,, in. Materials:
Foundation etone and brick walls; first story, clap:
boards; second story, nhipgles; gables, shingles
and paneling; roof, shingles. Coat: $500 to
e.500, complete except mantels, ranges and heater.
Special foatures-A very comnsct, convenient
and attractive houss. Tho hall, 81 It. wide, com.
nunicstes with the paror by double sliding doors
he parlor and the dining room arc similarly con.
lected. The buffers pantry has dressar, shelves
md drawers. large store pantry the kitchen.
Open fire places in the parlor and the dining
room.
Three bedrooms Of good size on tho second
floor, and a bath room. Two Of the bedrooms
have connection with the chimney. The bath
room water pipes arc placed ct the side Of the
chimney.
A seryant's room Is finished in the attic.
Cellar under the main house. Not excayated
under tho kitchen part.
The above design (called No. 1857 was furnish
ed us for publication by the Cooperative Build.
ing Plan Association, large firm Of Architects
doing business at l9l Broadway. New York, who
make specially OF country and suburban work,
being able to furnish theEdrawings and spec;fica.
tons for more than three hundred different de-
sgns, moety OF low and moderate cost, They
invite correspondence from all intending builders
however distant. They will send their latest
publication (cslled shoppell's Modern Houses No.
81 containing more than fifty designs, on receipt
Of 81.
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correspondence sOlihtr1 CWtltulOr.
After mixing soil with the manure,
abou. half and half it should be drawn
around tho plants go as to cover the atoms
20 the same height 40 formerly, but no
higher. (ltis great mistake to draw soil
around the Btcma OF plants with Wow OF
forcing roots IRON pstg where nature
never intended there should DO any.
Even when traneplanted tho slems OF no
kind Of plants should be set deeper in the
soil than they originally crew. Thus ar-
rBpgeb, the manure will act for better
than 1t would il left in body, which is
mainly attributable to the fact that the
soil is rendered poroUs by mixing the
manure therewilh, thus permitting tho
carbonic acid eas OF the atmosphere more
readily TO penetrate to the roots Of the
plants. Said gas being IN important clio.
meHt in the production OF pl&u;s, tho aoil
should DO well stirred soon after each
rain, thus preventing the formation OF a
crust. The mixing OF aoii with tho man
ure will prevent plants from firing in time
OF dry weather, thus obyiating the usual
bad effects Of ireuh msnuro when used in
body. In fact, unTotted manure mixed
with soil poagesgea, &c believe all the sd.
vantages Of well.rottCd, and, being far pre-.
terabe in procuring gu early stand, ita
ugo is recommended for the purposes
lHlofegRil,
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Qhe Mt,teIIfQ enrer l..
once, Nos. 10 and 81 Fourteenth sttIisot.
Ono Of the Few that Can be 80 Called, Bsne.
lifting both Joker and Jokee,

a.l.st.t II a eooD JUNE HH.'..#|s. T.
Ono Of the Few that Can be 30 Called, Bsne.
lifting both Joker and Jokee.
tbsihtfs EtaH9eitst. .5t.4, (
Boys are often fond Of playing practical
jokes. Such may sometimes be done, but
never to anycnes Inconvenience. In one
Of our colleges G professor who made him.
self very friendly with the students was
walking out With an intelligent scholar,
when Lloy saw an old man hooing in q
corn field. He was advancing slowly with
bis WORK toward the road, by the edo Of
which lay his shoes. AZ Il wac near sun.
set. the Atndent proposed TO plsy the old
man joke. ~ will HIDE his shoes; we
will coacss! ounelvcB behind tho buehes
and ace what he will d." Z
"Eo." said tho professor, at would not
be right. You have money enough; ius.
put a dollar In the old mans thoes; then
We will hids behind the bushea and SEQ
what he will do"
The student aSreod to the proposal, and
thev concealed themselvea accordingly.
When the lnborer had finished his row
OF corn he came out OF the field to 20
home. lie put on one sbos> felt something
hard, took 1t oil and found the dollar. He
looked around him, but saw no one and
looked up gratefully toward heaven. He
then put on the other shoe and found
another dollar. He looked at 1t, and
looked all around him, but saw no one.
He then knslt upon the ground and re-.
turned thanks to God for the blessings
that had been conferred upon him. The
listeners learned from the prayer that the
old mans wife and ono Of his children
were sick and that, they were very poor
30 that The s. werea great relief sent to
them from heaven.
There" said the professor, chow much
better this is than to have hidden the old
mans Shoes"
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Cougars In Oregon.

NNkVH"H.
About two yeara ago old Colonel Wiess,
who lives on Kit Abbey's place, at Elk
City, in Butler county, captured young
cougar under his house. The animal was
driven to the house by hunger, and the
old man captured 1t with his hands, It be.
ing too poor to make a fight. Mr.. Abbey
placed the beast in cage and took him to
Ysquina City, where be has been ever
since. Good grub was too much for him,
and, like the majority OF tho genus homo,
he couldn't stand prosperity. He became
so savage and moan that 1t became neces-
sary to Kill him, which was done by pois.
on. Late Pippin, aays u Corvallis ex.
change, trapped and killed female cou.
gar that had been playing havoc with his
flock Of goats on his plscs, near Chit.
wood's, Saturday. Mr. Abbey has bought
tho skin and will tan it, together with his
pets, and will send the pair to Colonel I.
Egenton Hogg, to ornament his Office in
New York City.